Monthly Archives: October 2007

Gay Friday (Halloween)

This kind of goes away from my normal posts, but I found this site via Boing Boing TV and thought it was hilarious. It’s called Gay Friday and tells the story of Jason from Friday the 13th as if he … Continue reading

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Recent Beers

I hadn’t written about the beers I’ve tried recently. There’s a couple. I’ll go in chronological order. First up is Old Leghumper from Thirsty Dog Brewing Company. It’s an American Porter (not a Barley Wine like the name would suggest). … Continue reading

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2 “Gadgets” I want

I saw 2 things come through today on Boing Boing Gadgets that seemed pretty cool to me. The first is a very small and inexpensive laptop, the Asus Eee PC.  It’s now available at Newegg.com.  It’s a ultra portable laptop … Continue reading

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Google’s Still All Over the News

Google is still popping up on the news sites. The first thing is that they’re very slowly (much slower I would assume than the IMAP rollout) rolling out a new version of the Gmail interface. The differences that I’ve read … Continue reading

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Vinyl to put CD’s in the Grave?

According to a Wired article, vinyl is going to bring upon the death of CD’s.  Now I’m a music purist and all, but this just sounds ridiculous.  The article makes great points about how vinyl can have better sound and … Continue reading

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Finally got Gmail IMAP!

I finally have IMAP as part of my Gmail settings!  Don’t really have much else to say.  Perhaps I’ll write a review of it later on in the week when I get the latest Thunderbird and start using it again.  … Continue reading

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C’est La Fin Du Monde tel que nous le connaissons et je me sens très bien

This one is from a few nights ago. I tried Unibroue’s La Fin Du Monde (which translates from French to “The End of the World”). This is a Belgian-style Strong Pale Ale (though this is better than some actual Belgians … Continue reading

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Blind Faith, the beer, not the band

In addition to the Gueuze I had tonight, I decided to have another, which ended up being Magic Hat’s Blind Faith, an English IPA. Now I’m normally used to the hoppy flavor of American IPA’s, which has a nice bitterness. … Continue reading

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Bring on the Funk!

Tonight I decided to try one of the most expensive beers I have every purchased, Girardin Gueuze 1882 Black Label. I was a little nervous when I bought it (at $8.79 for a bottle just over 12 ounces, it’s more … Continue reading

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GIMP 2.4 Released

After 3  years, a new version of the GIMP was released.  As I’ve said before, it’s my favorite image/photo editor.  All the images I made for this site (the header images and a few of the little banner/buttons on the … Continue reading

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